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Historical Event on 12/22/2000

Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1997SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances.
11/16/1887Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
4/14/1950Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
12/24/1998A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.